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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1962

Page

11

NFL Players Adopt Retirement Plan Similar To Major League Pensions

NFL players with at least five years of service from 1959 will receive retirement benefits at 65 under a new plan adopted at the league's spring meeting. Funding includes TV rights and endorsements, totaling hundreds of thousands this year, with projections for future benefits and possible retroactive coverage discussed by Commissioner Rozezelle.

NFL Tional Football League Pete Rozelle Rozelle Miami Los Angeles Baseball Pension Fund

Television schedule highlights and caveats for errors

A dense list of TV listings across multiple hours notes that the Messenger is not responsible for scheduling errors when stations lack corrected guides. Programs span news, dramas, comedies, sports, and children’s shows with multiple time blocks and color indicators.

TV Schedule Lineup From 6:25 to 1:10

The edition lists programs from 6:25 to 1:10 including News at 11:00 and 1:00, NBC News, Weather, Viewpoint, Sports at 11:15, Show Time, Tonight, Detectives, Africa, Daily Word, Huntley, and a movie at 1:10.

Africa Jim Thacker Huntley Showtime University Bridge Almanac Ted Mack Christophers Biography Lassie Answer Dennis St Francis Sullivan Lamp GE Theatre Jack Benny Camera CBS News Living Word Bullwinkle TV Chapel Walt Disney Garden Club Car Gospel Boys Meet Press NBC News Wait Dianey Sen Young

TV Schedule Fragments Show Evening Lineup

A jumble of times and programs lists shows from 6:00 PM to 11:20 PM including news weather movies and theatre. Programs include Sea Hunt UO-77 Sunset Street The Flintstones Hathaways and The Lawman with various segments interspersed.

Sea Hunt Target League Bee Everglades Diamond Hathaways Flintstones

Schedule fragment for a 1962 television lineup

Readable items show a packed day with programs like Flintstones at 6 30 News at 6 30 77 Sunset Str at 9 00 Weather at 6 40 and 11 00 Ripcord Hathaway Maverick and other titles across the day with multiple news weather and movie slots listed.

V.vu-M Squad Flintstones Target Margie Hathaways

TV Schedule Snippet for Columbus Listings

A fragmented TV grid shows programs across stations with times from 6:00 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. including Twilight Zone, Eyewitness, News, Weather, CBS News, Sports, Rawhide, Route 66, Jim Bowie and Bride’s Father among others.

Pip the Piper Short Lewis NBC News King Leonard Wells Parge Mr. Wizard Air Force Cargo Capita Marshal CBS News Jim Bowie

TV Movie Guide Friday to Saturday Listings

Channel schedules list films and times across multiple channels from Friday night into Saturday and Saturday night including titles such as I Married An Angel The Narrow Margin Desert Fox Plan 9 From Outer Space The Falcon Strikes Back and Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court with various air times.

Oriental Dream Connecticut Yankee Forest Rangers

Baseball Standings and Saturday Schedule Highlight Tight Races

The standings show Chicago leading at 4 4 with Milwaukee 3 and Cincinnati 5 Houston 0. Today's games include Detroit at New York Baltimore at Boston Los Angeles at Kansas City Minnesota at Chicago and Cleveland at Washington. Saturday features Minnesota at Chicago Detroit at New York Baltimore at Boston and other matchups across leagues.

Detroit New York Baltimore Boston Los Angeles Kansas City Minnesota Chicago Cleveland Washington Phia Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati Houston Philadelphia San Francisco Jenin Cleveland Los Ang Kan Pet San. Fran Eeweanen Os Ang Louis Milwaukee Phila Philadel

Chauncey Personal Visits Spread Across West Virginia and Ohio

Mr and Mrs Eldon Skinner and Garfield Nicholson visited Clifton West Virginia and Hartford West Virginia families. The Skinner and Nicholson groups were hosted by Pearl and Nicholson families with multiple related guests from Clifton and Columbus. Grandparents joined Chuck and Joni Wadley along with the Wadley parents in Buckeye Lake. The Kidd Edwards Sayre and Antle families hosted and visited relatives in Columbus and Athens area over the weekend. Grace Russell and Flossie Rodgers returned from Florida with Florida visits tied to John Jamison Tampa and Hannah Cunningham.

Eldon Skinner Harold Wadley Buckeye Lake Charles Wadley James Kidd Julie Columbus Gerald Edwards Hazel Cobb Cheshire Victor Sayre Elaine Barbara Vicki Cecil Antle Larry Radford Athens Bob Antle Grace Russell Flossie Rodgers Florida

Ohio Anglers Anticipate Fair Weekend

Ohio Wildlife Division reports fair to good fishing across downstate lakes and streams. Lake Erie and adjacent bays should yield best results with large flat head catfish noted at Clendening Lake. In East Central and Southeast areas anglers find bass bluegill crappie catfish and white bass. Delaware Reservoir reports walleyes. Southwestern waters show strong smallmouth bass and catfish along with largemouth bass bluegill and crappie in good numbers.

Columbus Ohio Lake Erie Wildlife Division East Central Clendening Lake Delaware

Dow Leads Speedway Open After Two Rounds

Hoosier Joe Campbell and Bob Rosburg fired eight under-par 63s to build a three stroke lead halfway through the Speedway Festival Open in Indianapolis. Campbell, who has an achy back, and Rosburg share the top spot as the field heads into the third round.

Indianapolis Ind Ing Rosburg Billy Casper Doug Ford

Case Of Missing Golf Balls Solved

Mystery of disappearing golf balls at Senneville Golf Club on the fourth hole solved. A squirrel cache in a hollow stump off the fairway yielded at least 50 balls. Also included are brief baseball scores from the International and American associations and early golf tournament leaders with several sub 70 rounds noted.

Montreal Senneville Golf Club

Local church Sunday schools and services listed town wide

Chauncey and surrounding communities host Sunday schools at 9:30 10:30 a m with worship services at 10 10:30 a m and midweek Bible studies or prayer meetings. Churches include Chauncey Methodist Sun day Millfield Methodist South Greens Run Parish and Morristown Holiness with various sermon evangelistic meetings and youth gatherings.

Chauncey Methodist Millfield Methodist Church of God Pilgrim Holiness Church of Christ Greens Run J. A Long Taylor Ridge K. D. Sedgwick Trimble J. A. Long Millfield K. D Sedgwick Chauncey Paul Robinson Morristown Holiness Concord

Tigers belt three homers in 11 inning win over Orioles

Detroit Tigers beat Baltimore 5 to 4 in 11 innings after three homers. Orioles manager Billy Hitchcock accused pitcher Jim Bunning of doctoring balls with his belt buckle but no protest was filed.

Detroit Tigers Baltimore Orioles Billy Hitchcock Tiger Jim Bunning

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